Metal shingle.



H. M. GLBMMER.

METAL SHINGLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Inventor Atto rn e ys HOWARD M. CLEMMER, OF GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA.

METAL SHINGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1 913.

Application area November 25, 1912. Serial No. 133,491.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD M. CLEMMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gastonia, in the county of Gaston and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Metal Shingle, of which the following is a specification.

This. invention relates to shingles and more particularly to those which are made from metal.-

' An objectvisito provide a metallic shingle which may be easily and readil secured in place, gles to form a roof or side wall be substantially water-tight.

J With the foregoing and ther objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in. the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that; changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without de arting from the spirit of the invention.

11 the drawings accompanying this specification and forming; a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention is illustrated, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved metallic shingle. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view thereof, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view thereof, taken on the line 3-3 of- Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 is the shingle body portion which is beveled to form the central guide portion 2 which is for the purpose of deflecting the which will water toward the central portion of the shingle and away from the interlapping edges.

The four edges of the shingle are designated by the letters A, B, C and D, respectively. The edge A of one shingle interlapping and coacting with edge C of the adjacent shingle to thereby form a continuous roofing material. In a like manner, the edge B will coact with the edgeD of the adjacent shingle thereto, the various edges A, B, C and D being so constructed as to securely lock the various shingles in position as well as interlapand thereby cover the portion which is nailed to the roof sheathmg.

will interlock with the adjoining shin- The.edge A comprises an upward and inclined ortion 3, a horizontal portion 4, a second orlzontal portion 5 ofi'set therefrom and connected thereto by, means of the beveled edge 6. The numeral 7 designates a similarly beveled edge and terminates in the vertlcally extending portion 8 which is bent inward to form the horizontal inclined edge 1 9. The edge C is ada ted to interlock with the edge A just descri ed and is composed of the horizontal flange 10 through which are drlven the securing nails 11. lntegralwith the flange 10 is the upwardly inclined portion 12 which is similarly inclined as the wall 3 with which it is adapted to contact. The upper portion of this wall 12 is bent downward as at 13, horizontal as at 14, vertical as at 15 and is then composed of the Y ortions 6', 5', 7', 8', and 9 which are simiar though relatively smaller, thanthe sec tions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the edge A. The portion 9 is connected with the body of the shingle by the downwardly extending wall' 16. From the foregoing it will be apparentthat the portions 15, 6, 5', 7 8, 9' and 16 will constitute a heptagon bead and the portions 12 and 13 will form a second bead spaced a distance therefrom by the wall 14, which will constitute a channel or gutter for such water as may be driven in between and beyond the heptagon bead. The U-shaped bead formed by the walls 12 and 13, and the heptagon head are adapted to lie within the 'edge A, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

The top and bottom edges of the shingles B and D respectively, are also adapted to coact to form a water tight joint. The edge B is formed With the beaded portion composed of the walls 17, 18 and 19. A U- shaped ridge or bead 20 is spaced therefrom by the wall 21 and an ofiset flange 22 is spaced from the beaded portion 20 by the portion 23. The edge D is formed with a raised portion 17, 18', 19, which will coact with the similar unprimed numerals of the edge B, a second head 20' being spaced from an oblique port-ion 21,,the manner in which the edges coact being more clearly illustrated at the upper portion of Fig. 2.. The portion or wall 23 is adapted to be rigidly held to theroof sheathing by suitable nails or other securing means and by reason of vthe coacting interlappingedges the water parent that my improved shingle construction will be easy and cheap to manufacture, being one which may be readily stamped from sheet metal, the lowered portion 2 of the body 1 tending to direct the water toward the central portion of the shingle and away from the interlapping edges, and the interlappin edges being so formed that 1t will be $11 )stantiallyimpossible for any water to leak through and beyond the interlappingedges by reason of the channel or gutter formed between the two beaded portions as hereinbefore mentioned. The upper and lower edges 13 and D are so constructed as to be readily interlocked and so coacting as to render the entire roofing substantially waterproof. The result of such features combine to form an extremely useful and desirable roofing material.

Having thus fully described the construction and pointed out the particular advantages inherent thereto,.- what I claim to be new and original with me is A metallic shingle comprising an upper edge formed with an upturned end, a nailing flange connected thereto, a U-shaped bead connected to said nailing flange, a wide shallow bead spaced from said U-shaped bead with one wall thereof inclined, the lower edge of said shingle adapted to coact with the upper edge of a sub-adjacent shingle and comprises a'wide shallow bead with an inclined wall, and a second bead of arcuated contour adapted to efigage one side of the said U-sl1aped bead and to receive therein the upturned end of the upper edge of the sub-adjacent shingle, and with a side edge comprising a flat nail receiving flange, a U-shapedbead spaced a distance therefrom and provided with aninwardly extending side wall, a polygonal bead with a rentrant angle spaced a distance from said U-sha ed-bead, the other edge-ofsaid shingle provi ed with an inwardly turned end adapted to enter the reentrant'angle and coact with the side ed e of the horizontally ad- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

HOWARD M. Cl EMMER. Witnesses: v

M. A. CARPENTER, J. I. FAYSSOUX. 

